August 30, 2024Aug 30 Author I have been tidying up the Studio file to make it match the physical model, and probably make instructions, and I thought it would be a fun exercise to do one of these linkage-only renders. Red - mast height. Yellow - steering. Blue - Mast tilt. Purple - fake engine driven by front wheels. One oddity now exposed is the 14T gear under the steering wheel. It turned out the way I built the cab floor means there's only a 1 plate gap and regular 12T bevels won't fit. This doesn't work very well if you try to use the steering wheel directly, axle tends to pull out of the 14T gear and it's difficult to put back. But it's a bit late to work on the design, and with gentle play it holds up ok.
August 30, 2024Aug 30 11 hours ago, Stereo said: I have been tidying up the Studio file to make it match the physical model, and probably make instructions, and I thought it would be a fun exercise to do one of these linkage-only renders. Red - mast height. Yellow - steering. Blue - Mast tilt. Purple - fake engine driven by front wheels. One oddity now exposed is the 14T gear under the steering wheel. It turned out the way I built the cab floor means there's only a 1 plate gap and regular 12T bevels won't fit. This doesn't work very well if you try to use the steering wheel directly, axle tends to pull out of the 14T gear and it's difficult to put back. But it's a bit late to work on the design, and with gentle play it holds up ok. 14T gears, yay! I think that's my favorite/most underrated part!
August 30, 2024Aug 30 Author 8 hours ago, 2GodBDGlory said: 14T gears, yay! I think that's my favorite/most underrated part! Haha, I always avoid them if I can, a few old sets (8860 and 8865 Test Car for sure) use them to mesh with the oldest differential style and I swap those to 12T bevels when I build them, interestingly they mostly work with each other. I've actually snapped a 12T in half in the distant past, so I don't trust the even thinner gears for any load. I've made instructions available on Rebrickable, with some minor parts differences from what I actually built, since I used parts I already have. https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-194382/Stereog/tc27-heavy-duty-forklift/#details Edited August 30, 2024Aug 30 by Stereo
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